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Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Bethesda-Elm garage to add more EV charging spaces
Montgomery County is adding two new electric vehicle chargers to the Bethesda-Elm Public Parking Garage 57 at Bethesda Row. The garage currently has three EV charging spaces. County officials estimate the cost of the project at $100,000.
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Anonymous
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So it costs $50k per charger to install another? I got one installed at my house for $3k. Yes, mine is residential-grade, but still.
7:13 AM You conveniently forgot that EV's don't contribute to air pollution either. Which is more important, cleaner air or adding to an over built infrastructure.
9:33 AM I didn't know that burning natural gas & coal, (which is still the largest generator of electricity as of 2019), doesn't contribute to air pollution.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3
Add to that the average weight of an EV is 20% more than it's non-EV counterpart so it seems that EV's are harder on the "over built infrastructure", (read roads), that needs constant repair from overuse. Maybe you can explain how batteries are manufactured, where the raw materials are sourced and the trip, (via fossil fueled ships & rail), that these batteries must take to make an EV.
Not against EV's, but find it hypocritical to say it doesn't contribute to air pollution. In the end when you add up all the environmental costs of a EV, you're better off buying an efficient gas powered car.
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So it costs $50k per charger to install another? I got one installed at my house for $3k. Yes, mine is residential-grade, but still.
Waste of taxpayer dollars especially when EV's, don't contribute to road and infrastructure via the gas tax.
7:13 AM You conveniently forgot that EV's don't contribute to air pollution either. Which is more important, cleaner air or adding to an over built infrastructure.
9:33 AM I didn't know that burning natural gas & coal, (which is still the largest generator of electricity as of 2019), doesn't contribute to air pollution.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3
Add to that the average weight of an EV is 20% more than it's non-EV counterpart so it seems that EV's are harder on the "over built infrastructure", (read roads), that needs constant repair from overuse. Maybe you can explain how batteries are manufactured, where the raw materials are sourced and the trip, (via fossil fueled ships & rail), that these batteries must take to make an EV.
Not against EV's, but find it hypocritical to say it doesn't contribute to air pollution. In the end when you add up all the environmental costs of a EV, you're better off buying an efficient gas powered car.
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